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Betting tips for Shakhtar Donetsk vs Hoffenheim 19.09.2018

The group stage of the Champions League returns to Ukraine with a visit to Metalist Stadium at the German Hoffenheim.

Paulo Fonseca's Shakhtar Donetsk did not have to go through the preliminary phase after winning the title last year. Despite losing two of their stars again, the Brazilians Fred and Bernard, the Donetsk team takes a 5 point lead to the second place after the first 7 games of the Ukrainian League.

The only defeat of the course came at the home of his great rival, the Dynamo Kiev, which defeated them 1-0 and last 3 August. Since then, the team won at home 4-2 to Vorskla Poltava, 0-2 to FC Lyiv at home, 2-5 in the Donetsk derby against Olympia, 2-0 at home to FC Mariupol, and 0- 2 last weekend against FC Oleksandriya.

The Brazilian Aluisio Moraes has 7 goals and 3 assists in these first 7 games. Marlos, international with Ukraine after his nationalization, has 5 goals, while 7 other players have scored at least one goal, and midfielder Taras Stepanenko has two goals.

The Hoffenheim occupied the third position last season, staying with a great taste in their mouth after a campaign in which they weighed a lot playing in European competition having certain expectations to fulfill.

With almost 215 million euros of budget, the Hoffe has managed to maintain one more season the boy wonder of the European benches, Julian Nagelsmann. At 31, he is called to be the reference coach not only in his country, and it is more than likely that next year he will coach RB Leipzig before making the leap to a great European.

The team has just entered 3 million euros with the sales of several players with a marginal participation, investing 28.5 million euros in the hiring of the Young Boys head office Kasim Adams; the end Leonardo Bittencourt, coming from FC Köln; the end of the M'Gladbach Vincenzo Grifo; the playmaker of Standard Liege Ishak Belfodil; and the Dutch side Joshua Brenet, from PSV Eindhoven.

After a preseason of less to more, the equipment made debut in official competition, defeating in the 1ª round of Glass of Germany to Kaiserslautern by 1-6. Lost in his debut in Munich (3-1), won at home to Freiburg (3-1) and has fallen this weekend in Düsseldorf to the newly promoted Fortuna.

 

 

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Hoffenheim  Prediction: X/1 5.00

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Hoffenheim  Betting Tip: Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.80

Shakhtar Donetsk vs Hoffenheim Score Recommendations: 2-1 10.00